Drinking fountain for poultry



Nov. 16,1926. v 1,607,135

C. H. FELKER DRINKING FOUNTAIN FOR POULTRY Filed April 1, I926 j wenfir Clzarlesflf qlker wMw Patented Nov. 16,

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'httlglsi DRINKING FOUNTAIN ron rou-nrnyq a Application filed llpril 1,

. This invention relates to a drinking fountain which includes a trough portion accessible to fowls, and a reservoir in which a body of liquid is confined above the trough portion by atmospheric pressure, the arrangement being such that apredetermined water, level is maintainedain the trough portion by water discharged from the reservoir by gravity, whenever said level is lowered; Theobject isto provide a fountain of simpler and less expensive construction than heretofore and adapted to fulfill all essential requirements of a fountain of this character. r e

Of the accompanying drawings forming v a part of' this specification,

Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing my improved fountain suspended on a vertical support. 7

Figure 2 isa perspective view of the part called the outer receptacle.

Figure?) is a perspective view, showing the part called the inner receptacle, inverted from the position shownorby Figure 1, so that it may be charged. 1 f Figure4 is a sectionalview of the fountain and support shown by Figure 1.

" The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of thefigures.

My improved fountain 1s composed of onlytwo essential parts, one of which is the outer receptacle shown by Figure 2, and the other theinner receptacle shown inverted by Figure 3. f v

The outer receptacle is composed of a cylindrical body 12, of sheet metal, open at vits upper end, and a closed bottom 13, of

sheet metal. Inone side of thebody 12 is formed an opening 14, located between and spaced from the bottom 13 and the open end of the outer receptacle,.and forming the head of a fowl.

margin of a recess, adapted to receive the The. lower end of the opening 14 defines the upper edge of a curb 12*, extending upward from the bottom 13, the curb being a portion of the lower zone of the body 12. Said zone and the bottom 13 form a trough portion 15 (Figure 4) located below the lower edge of the opening The inner receptacle is composed of a cylindrical body 16, of sheet metal, open at its bottom, and a head 17 of sheet metal, forming the closed top of the inner recepd tacle. 'The head is extended outward to form a flange 17*, adapted to bear on the,

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open top of the outer" receptacle, as shown 7 by Figure 4, andrlimit the entrance of the inner into the outer receptacle. Said flange also constitutes 'a hand-engaging means facilitating the manipulation of the I-inner receptacle. :The body 16' is indented at one Side, to form an inwardly projecting boss 16?, extending to-the open bottom of the body, as best shown by Figure 3, which shows the inner receptacle inverted.

I g V The opening 14 and "the boss 16 collectively form a' recess above, and communicating with the trough portion. 15, as shown by Figures 1 and 4, said recess beingformed ,to receive the head of a fowl, and topermit access of thehead to the trough "portion.

The open bottom of the-inner receptacle is supported by theghead flange 17*, above the bottom 13. of the outer receptacle, and

below the upper "edge of the curb 12 to form a. passage 19 which may be sealed by I an accumulation ofiywater in the trou'gh portion 15, shown by Figure 4, in which the dotted line 0a indicates the levelat'which an exposed body of water is maintained in thetrough portion, when the inner receptacle contains a body-of water, the level of which is, above the open bottom of the receptacle, as indicated by the line y '(Fig ure 4).

It will now be seen that the fowlsmay conveniently drink from the trough portion 15, andthat when the level 00 is lowered,; water is permitted to enter-the trough por-.

tion until the predetermined level: is ':re-

stored,"and the passage 19 is again-sealed, i the sealing of the passage preventing furtlier entrance of water into the trough portion. 7

The fountain is prepared for use by inverting the inner receptacle as shown by Figure 3, pouring water into its open bottom, now uppermost, inverting the outer receptacle, placing it onthe inverted inner receptacle until the open end, or top I of the outer receptacle bears on the head flange 17 and finally turningthe fountain to'the operative position shown by Figures 1 and 4.

It will be seenthat thetwo cylindrical bodies 12 and 16, may be quickly and cheaply formed, and provided respectively with the bottom 13 and head 17 by suitablemachincry, and that the operations of forming the opening 14 and the boss 16 may also be quickly and cheaply performed, so that the cost of labor and'material is reduced to a minimum. The operation of indentingthe cylindrical body 16'.to form'the boss 16?,

7 which is inclined from the periphery to the open bottom or" the body inclines the lower end of the boss, as shown by Figure l, so thatthe midlength portion. oi said lower end is spaced above'the' bottom of the outer receptacle, as shown by Figure l, thus proopposite sides. 7 p

of side portions 21; and a neck portion 22,

viding a water passage 19 of suitable capacit V r The body 12 is provided with ears 20, at fin argula'r ba1l composed is pivoted to the ears, and is adapted. to be engaged, as" shown by Figure 1 with tf-JU spaced apartprqections, such as nails 23 on vertical support 24.

The engagement c of the bail with the two projections 23 holds the. fountain against the support 2 L prevents swinging and turning movements of the bail and fountain, so that the fountain is maintained with its longitudinal'axis vertical, and cannotbe accidentally tipped in any directlon relative to the support.

It is obviousthat the fountain may be pro{ vided with two headereceiving recesses, if desired, each recess being formed by an opening 14 and a boss 16 so that two owls may drink at the same time. I

' It is also obvious that any other suitable means maybe employed for providing a passage connecting the inner receptacle with the trough portion below the upper edge of opening located between and spaced trom' J-Z 1 is 1 the bottom and the open end, bl1G-&J.1u.ng6.

merit being such that the bottom and a zone of the body below the lower edge of the side opening form the bottom and the annular vall of a trench oortionbelow the openin and a sheet metal inner receptacle including cylindricalbody formed toeiiter the body o'f'the outer receptacle and ahead forming a closed top, the body of the inner receptacle being indented to term a boss extending into its open lower end and coinciding withthe said opening. so that the boss and the opening collectii 'ely term a fowl-head-recei-ving recess above and communicating with the trough portion, a passage bemg' provided connecting trough portionpbelow the loweredge of the opening, so that a predetermined level of 'water is maintained in the trough portion.

In testimony whereofl have ai'iixed my slgnature.

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